Some of these are links to sites that I have found useful in the past few years. Some are links to organizations of which I am a member. Some are links to sites of organizations where I have undertaken training in the past few years. If anyone wants further information about any of the training courses just send me an email.
Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service, USA
My colleague, JJ O'Dwyer and I brought two facilitators from the FMCS
here to provide training in Interest Based Bargaining skills to a group
of independent consultants, and management and trade union negotiators.
The FMCS is the US equivalent of the Labour Relations Commission. The
facilitators were Jeanne Frank and John Wagner.
Programme
on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
This is a workshop I took on Interest Based Bargaining called Negotiating
Labour Agreements
NTL
Institute for Applied Behavioural Science
I have taken courses in the NTL in Bethel, Maine, USA in Theory and Practice
of Organization Development and Teambuilding Skills: Developing and Maintaining
Excellence in Teams.
Conflict
Management Plus Ltd.
This is an organization in the UK that specializes in conflict and dispute
resolution services. I took a certificate training course with them on
mediation skills which I have found very useful in the handling of interpersonal
conflicts in the workplace.
Roffey
Park Institute, UK
I took a short course here called Advanced Facilitation Skills
SPSS
Ireland
SPSS provide training in the use of SPSS statistical packages. I have
used these in academic research and have taken a number of training programmes.
Killaloe
Hedge School of Writing
David Rice, himself a published author of fiction and non-fiction works,
delivers really good writing courses for those interested in improving
their fiction or non-fiction writing skills. I found a course on writing
non-fiction really helpful.
International
Association of Facilitators
I am a member (inactive) of this organization. I find their journal useful.
It is available online.
Irish
Management Institute
I am an individual member of the IMI. They provide a really good library
service online and are very fast at accessing journal articles that are
not available on Proquest or other journal databases.
Academy
of Management, USA
The AOM produces a range of publications for members.
LANPAG
- Local Authorities National Partnership Advisory Group
This is the national partnership body for local government in Ireland.
They are major clients for whom I have carried out consulting, training
and facilitation assignments. A related site is the Local
Government Management Services Board
HSNPF
- Health Services National Partnership Forum
This is the national partnership body for the health sector in Ireland.
They are major clients for whom I have carried out consulting, training
and facilitation assignments.
SIPTU
SIPTU is Ireland's largest trade union with a membership spanning the
public and private sectors. I have carried out consulting, training and
facilitation assignments for SIPTU.
NCPP
- National Centre for Partnership and Performance
This is the national statutory body responsible for the advancement of
workplace partnership in Ireland.
Industrial
Relations News
Where would we be without it? Ireland's main source of detailed reports
on current industrial relations developments.
Buying Out of Print Books
Here are two great sites for new, out of print or second hand books
http://www.alibris.com
http://www.abe.com